Sony Reports PlayStation 5 Shipments Above 100 Million

Sony has shipped more than 100 million PlayStation 5 consoles as of November 10. That adds 2.1 million units to its September 30 total of 97.9 million, which Sony reported last week.

Shipments have reached 6.3 million this fiscal year. The second quarter, covering July–September, accounted for 2.6 million units.

The console's earlier milestones were:

• July 2021: Over 10 million PS5 consoles sold worldwide since launch, making it Sony's fastest-selling console.
• June 2022: Over 20 million sold worldwide.
• January 2023: Sales crossed 30 million.
• July 2023: Sales crossed 40 million.
• December 2023: Sales surpassed 50 million.
• August 2025: Shipments exceeded 80 million.
• Last February: Shipments exceeded 90 million.

Sony raised prices beginning April 2, citing continued pressure from the global economic landscape. The increases covered:

• PS5
• PS5 Digital Edition
• PS5 Pro
• PlayStation Portal peripheral

Starting May 20, Sony also raised PlayStation Plus online gaming subscription prices for new customers in select regions.

Sony announced on July 1 that it will end physical disc production for all new PlayStation console games starting in January 2028. Every new release from that month onward will be digital only.

The change does not affect games already released or those shipping on discs before January 2028. Sony attributed the decision to consumer preferences favoring digital media significantly over physical discs.

The PS5 launched on November 12, 2020, in:

• United States
• Japan
• Canada
• Mexico
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Korea

It reached most of the rest of the world on November 19, 2020. A smaller replacement model rolled out across various territories from November through early December 2023.

The PlayStation 5 Pro shipped in November 2024. Its features include:

• PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution
• 120 FPS
• Advanced ray tracing
• 2TB of SSD storage
• An upgraded GPU with 28% faster memory
• AI-driven upscaling to improve image clarity

Sony released a PS5 Digital Edition model supporting only Japanese in Japan in November 2025. It costs 55,000 yen (about US$355), less than the multi-language Digital Edition.

The current multi-language PS5 Digital Edition sells for 72,980 yen (about US$471) in Japan.